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PERRY ENTERPRISE-TIMES.
Official Paper of Noble County and City of Perry—Published Daly.
VOL. IV
PKERY, NOBLE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY. MARCH , 1897.
NO 255
i
SMITH BROTHERS,
wholesale and retail grocers,
At Their New Plaoe of Business,
Corner 6th and 0 Sts. Perry, Oklahoma.
They Are Now Fully Prepared
SYMPATHY FOR GREECE.
Loa-
With a large increased stock and
facilities to supply their customers
with Groceries of the VERY BEST
GRADES and at the LOWEST
PRICES.
Their Jobbing Department
Is well stooked with a full supply of
goods, which they will furnish to the
retail trade of Oklahoma, at Chicago,
Kansas City or Wichita prices.
ft
f
Purchasing Goods in Large Quantities
FOR THEIR WHOLESALE TRADE ENABLES THEM TO
SAVE MUCH IN FREIGHTS WHICH THEY GIVE TOTHE
RETAIL CUSTOMERS HY MAKING PRICES LOWER THAN
THEIR COM PETITORS. A thn matter of price nowaday
la the major question to be considered by container* in pur-
chaalDg, it will be wall to patronize
SMITH BROTHERS.
Tou Will Always be Satisfied.
And Pleased by Doing Business With
Smith Brothers,
wholesale and retail grocers,
Corner 6th & 0 Ste^ Perry, 0. T.
PERRY MILL COMPANY.
Merchant Miller*.
liEST EQUIPPED MILL IN THE TERRITORY.
Capacity 500 Barrel®.
Export and jobbing Order# solicited Special attention to home
trade
o. k. coal co..
—DEALERS IN-
/V\e Allster. Wler City No. 6, Can-
non City and Pledmon Smithing.
Corner 6th and B.
rKr.B DELIVERY IN THE CITY.
GOVERNOR STEPHENS RE-
FUSES TO SIGN IT,
THEOLD WAY STILL HOLDS.
The Mrunr* Wont Hark to tho Rtnata
With a of Dlaapprnval-Ar*
fumanl* Against tlir Proposition
—Mm. Stephen*' significant
Interview—Other L*|lc
latlvn Nawa.
.lErrr.Rsofv City, Mo., March 9.—Gov-
ernor Stephens sent the penitentiary
hanging hill hack to the senate thin
morning with his veto ami a long mes-
sage explaining hi* reasons In it he
said: i think the enactment of this
hill into a law would increase alarm-
ingly the number of executions in Mis-
souri. Many jurors would vote to in-
flict the death penalty if the execution
is to he in the state prison, while they
would vote against inflicting it if the
execution was to be in their own
county.
"It seems to me the removal of the
execution from the scene of the crime
would be removing the main purpose
of punishment, to-wit: the example
from the persons to whom the law in-
tends the punishment as a warning.
If the penalty is not inflicted as «n ex-
ample and a warning, it cannot cer-
tainly be justified upon the ground of
veangence.
"lft
CEO. A. MASTER'S COAL CO.
Genuine McAlister Coal*
Delivered to any part of the city free.
.
NOTICE TO CLAIM OWNERS.
We are ex^tin^ aome CASH BUYERS for claima DUR
ING THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS, If you want to aett
un tni man it ««.
Have a frw Rood farina in eastern Kanaaa to exchange for
choice claim*. Also have a)iw Choice Stocka of Merchandise
to exchange for I V^drd I.and*. (iood ^or choice
Block of Drug*. Bualiwaa and Residence property for Land.
Good Hotel, well furnished, for aale cheap or exchange lor
farm property If you want anything in our line write ua.
W. H.C4MMBLLAGO*
Fvaoi Block, Pirry, Okla,
.. the theory of local self-govern-
ment should be applied in the trial of
an offender, compelling the cast* to l e
heard and the punishment assessed in
the community where the crime is
committed, I think equally strong rea-
sons exist for the final act, ♦he end of
the law. the execution taking place in
the same vicinage. The same authori-
ties and powers should execute the
law who decree the infliction «>f the
punishment. This has ever been the
theory of the common law and the law
of this state with regard to the inflic-
tion of capital punishment."
The governor added that he ob-
jected to the clause which provided
for the warden hanging the offender
at the time tixed unless the supreme
court should interfere. "It %r ms to
me." he said, "that this would remove
from the governor the power ven for
good cause shown to suspend the exe-
cution of a convicted person for any
length of time whatever and place
the authority to sus|x>nd the execution
wholly in the supreme court or two i
judges thereof."
As a final objection the governor !
said: "I oppose this hill if for no other \
reason than because every prison of-
ficial from whom I have heard or with
whom I have talked fears it and op-
poses it." The contractors, without a !
single exception, he says, oppos it on I
the ground that it will thoroughly de-
moralize the prison and ruin the work.
I lie adds that the appropriation for the
I penitentiary is flo.ooo less than it
| ought to be and this would mean
added expense.
MUM. STKI'HRK*' SIGNIFICANT TALK.
The following interview with Mrs
Stephens, published here yesterday, is
significant in connection with the
veto: Indeed, I am opposed to Sen
ator Peers' hanging bill," and hope
Lon will not sign it. It would make
simply a slaughter house of our city,
and ur good people would b# com-
pelled to live under the shadow of a
horrible gallows and in the valley *f
death all the time Heartbroken
wives, mothers, sisters, brother*,
fathers and friends will l e here eon
stantly pleading for their on fort un
ate* who are to be executed Moth
my husband and myself are of a « vinita-
thetic nature and this would almost
Will us. It would at aov rate drive us
from home half of the time and make
life miserable. Jefferson City would
l e known as the Missouri slaughter
house Kvervoue who came here for
the pleasure the capital affords socially
and otherwise would sell out and leave
Within a few year* the I*. tiful hills
around the city would lie converted
into graveyards.
"Personally I am opposed to capital
punishment. Itcath when It come*
to the poor contieta under eondemna
tion -naturally ia bad enough l*t
them lie senteneeit to life Imprison
ment It ta then only a few yearn
when the poor miserable man tneeta It
at moat." ______
Mala llefMM for rMillers.
.Irrrmaoi t'lft. Mo.. March \* Tha
II on an passed a Mil requiring all pad*
dlera to pav a state license ranging
front 110 to |3t each sis mutt Its
Immense Mass Meetings Hold
<ton far Crete* Valon.
laiximN, M rch (I.—Little else is
talked about in London, in Great
Britain or on the continent than Iho
Eastern crisis, and the possibility of a
war between Greece and Turkey,
which may involve the groat powers
of Europe.
The oflk-ialsof the forcicrn ofllcc here |
wore busy throughout Saturday night
and all day Sunday in exchanging tel-
egrams with Constantinople and other ^
capitals.
The agitation of the lovers of liberty
in favor of Greece is spreading every-
where ill tireat Britain. In every dis- |
scnting chapel and in niauy papers of
all churches in London a notice was
read urtring the congregation to attend j
the demonstration in Hyde Park at .i
o'clock Sundav afternoon. Though
the weather was threatening, about
is,000 people were present. They con
sisted of all classes, although the
workingmen predominated. Six plat-
forms had been erected for the accom-
modation of the speakers, and the
structures in all cases displayed Greek
Hags.
Among those who addressed the
gathering in llyde park was Lord ( ol-
e ridge. Mr. Harold Jamua Reckitt, Lib-
eral menber of Parliament for the
Brigg division of Lincolnshire; Mr.
Kichard McGhec, anti-HarnelliU and
labor representative in Parliament for
the south division of Louth; Mr. John
Herbert Lewis, advanced Liberal,
member of Parliament for the
Flint district; Mr. Francis Alis-
ton Channing. advanced Liberal
and member of Parliament for
the East division of Northampton-
shire; Mr. Davis Lloyd-George, Welsh
Nationalist, memlier of Parliament
for the Carnarvon district; Sir Henry
Marthman Havelock-AUan, baronet,
Liberul-L'nionist, member of Parlia-
ment for the Southeast division of
Durham; Mr. Edward John Chaiiners-
Morton. Liberal. member of Parlia-
ment for Ilevenport; Hev. Dr. John
Clifford, several clergymen and Lon-
don countv counselors and others.
A resolution was adopted at all the
platforms with cheers for King George
of Greece, expressing the strangest
sympathy with the Cretans in their
heroic struggle against the intolerable
tyrant of Turkey, and congratulating
Greece upon having, by her gallant
conduct, effected a deliverance which
the united powers were unable to
achieve.
The resolution further protested
against anv attempt to coerce Greece,
and demanded that the Mar<|uisof Sal-
isbury refuse to put the guns of the
British fleet to a use which would be a
disgrace and a humiliation to Great
Brltlan.
While the llyde Park meeting was
in progress, a similar program was be-
ing carried out at a mass meeting held
in St James hall aud another took
place last evening in Westminster
chapel. Kveryone at all the meetings
was urged to shower postal cards on
the Mar«|Uis of Salisbury, on which
will be written; "No war with
l • recce."
HUM
PRISON COAL LAW RE-
PEAL ADVISED.
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE
Th. t'rM.nt •y.l.n of t.Upn.tOB "I
Surplus From th. P«nlt«llsr Mia.
Ixrlared l.lk.lr to Cn.t «h.
Itat. Mueh Benete Art.
on th. Oov.rear's
Hn||Mtlon.
TorF.KA, Kan., March «. . tiovernor
Leedy this morning sent the following
message to the legislature, asking for
the repeal of the old law in regard to
the disposal of coal by contract at, the
state penitentiary mines at Lansing:
"To the Legislature: I again de-
sire to call attention to the state of af-
fairs at the state penitentiary. The
contractor, under the law, is not taking
the coal according to his contract, and
there is now about $200 of demurrage
charged up against loaded ears. The
directors would have no difficulty in
disposing of this coal if they were not
hampered by the conditions of the law
of 1891, which prevents them from
selling this coal in the open market.
"There seems to be au effort on the
part of interested parties to reduce, if
not stop, the output of the mines at
Lansing. If this is accomplished it
will mean a loss of revenue to .the
state of at least 1100,000 > efore the
legislature meets again. 1 would sug-
gest that so much of the law of ltf'.U. at
least, as compels the directors to dis-
pose of this coal through the medium
of a contractor, should be repealed, so
that they might be free handed to deal
with the matter as best they can. At
the present time they are compelled
largely to consult the interests of the
contractor as to the amount of coal
that should lie produced.
"I hope that you will not adjourn
without taking some action in regard
to this matter. Very respectfully,
"J. \V. Lkki v."
Immediately after the receipt of
Governor Leedy'a message, the Senate
passed the bill from the committee of
mines and miuing to abolish the eon-
tract system of disposing of penitenti-
ary coal. The vote was .'7 to Ryan
and Householder, who repreaent Chero-
kee and Crawford, both mining coun-
ties, voting no because the following
provision was stricken out: "That
said coal shall in no instance lie sold
under the market price for coal of like
«|uality produced by free labor and
sold in the general market."
THE LAST CONGRESS
Congressman liorkerjr Rlaenaaaa Ui« Ap*
proprlatlotts Made.
Washington, March 9. — Congresa*
man Doekcry of Missouri, a member of
the last House committee on appro*
priations, said in regard to the Fifty-
fourth Congress: "This Congress easily
surpasses all its predeceaaora in wan-
ton and lavish appropriations made or
attempted to be made. It has appro-
priated Sl,0ltf,417.01*-11' being flOJM,-
00«4.Mi in excess of the improvident
appropriations of the billion dollar
t 'ougress w hich was the last Uepublic-
nn Congress, In this total I includ#
three great appropriation bills, which
failed to receive the approval of th©
President, and the general deficiency
bill, so far as its items were agreed
upon between the two houses.
•The appropriations of this Congress
exceed the appropriations of the list
Congress by :.T.107,«I: H*. having been
notably augmented on account of forti -
fications, the new naty, ihe postal
service and river and harbor improve-
ments.
A FILIBUSTER S SENTENCE
Captain Harl of th. 1-aursita S«nt to
I'rl.on for Two Veara.
Piiii Ai.Ki.rniA, March ! .— Captain
John II. Hart, owner of the Klibustcr-
ing steamer Laurada. was sentenced
in the I'nitcd States district court this
morning to two years' imprisonment
and pay a tine of '.oo and the costs of
the prosecution.
Captain Hart is about 40 years of
age and has lieen in the fruit import-
ing business for nearly twenty years.
Shortly after the t'uban-Spunish war
broke out he leased two of his steam-
ers. the Laurada and Bermuda, '.o the
I ubans for the transportation of arms,
ammunition and men to t uba. Some
(if the largest expeditions that touched
the shores of I'ulia were shipped on
these vessels and their departure was
due in a great measure to the skillful
manipulation of the steamers by Hart.
MRS. BEECHER DEAD.
The Widow of the Kiuiu.nt Mroohlya
lllvln. Snceumh. After Lon| Ilia...-
Stamfohii, Conn-. March —Mra.
« Mm Ma* la
Nkiki u. Mo . March m. Mr* Mary
McNutt. • widow, was un her way t«
«h# First Christian church at * u'.lork
In.) night whew she was stopped hy
an unknown man, who threw his arm*
around her neck and kissed her three
lime* nhe screamed when her a*,
sallant tied and escaped This Is (He
second case of Ihe kind la Ike past few
w ek«
James Nlalr I* Mtiaa
nnustos. IV. March « .lame*
stair, one of the wealthiest men In
this i-cgi « ts dying al hta home la
Ihls city II* wa* on* Ihe in..*!
active promoters of Ihe lire ttvsMrn
railroad* slace merged Into Ihe Morth
western «vst*m II* Is i^er *n year,
old
TO START A CAT FARM.
t'nmi'snjr Formed In Illinois In Rsl.e
1st. and Rat. *■ a Money Kat.rprt*.
Lai ox. 111.. March H—Cat farming
is the latest industry to lie taken up in
lllini.iv \ company has tn-cn organ
i/ed with a capital stock of flrt.ooo. all
of whit li has been taken, anil the ob-
ject "f ft* existence is to raisecBt skins
fur the market The company is now
negotiating for R tract of l'Wl acres of
timber Innd for the cat fsrm The or
ii inn'nr and prime mover in the enter
prise is Thomas Mi I nt• ' Mr Me-
K.ntee gave the .ietails of the plan for
eat farming suhstantislly as follow.
II is well known that eat for« t"
much into the making of leather
goods nowadays Tli-re is a similar
industry .n I alifornis. and II is coin
ing ii oney Wc propose la start with
pin est*, inavtie more These cats w ill
be the finest bred Maltese and black
species. A eat breeds three times a
year Its litters vary, but sn average
often live kittens a year ran lie de
pcndctl upon With !'"> breeders to
siiirt we could have cIismv loa million
cats in four years lime The furs sell
at |o and l.'i cents. Also, in th.* thou-
sands of cats raised there arc execp,
tlonallv Is sutlful on swhleh will com,
mand lane* prhes as family |iels
•While we raise cats, wc also raise
rats We feed the cats rats and thi-
rsts cats thai Is, Ihe rals thrive on
the dead laslies of cats which have
been skinned We will also have a
nnints-r of isiws on lha place to fur-
nish milk for the kittens Threats
are kepi In Ismea. with a few acres of
timber land fenced with wlrr In which
lo cerclse The rals are krpl In any
nld tnmbledowa barn, and logs strewn
| si«.ut with grain stacked In one iw
n*r
I "The enterprise is a money maker
We can figure Id?,mm prollt In five
I years "
■aaeala «Hl «•!>«*«
Ai.naat. N V.. Maeeh - x*aau r
| Ellsworth s hill In prevent newspaper*
and other publication* front printing
i Ihe pictures of Individuals without
I heir consent will have a krarinv on
! Wednesday afternoon before Ihe emles
isimiiiltlee irf Ihe Uftalalare senn*
lor Grady anys n. hearing t ill prevent
the imssage .if the Mil. nnd II is mtl-
mate.1 In eartain .inarters Ihnl II wilt
pas* sad he signed hv the governiu- al
a very earl. iUt.- t*.th MfaMatMB
Iwing In favor of IV
l araegl. Mat f Waal**
i iinrrswnn. i <mn Marth h *n-
drew i arnegle who has he*n serhmsl*
,111 al hi* r «h enee her< fiw several
day* from plenrlst is how entirely
.ml of danger, snd it la etpeeled thai
He *ill tm up and aWutt lha house
' again in a f«w dars
To Fnsh Ihe Investigation.
Toi'F.KA. Kan.. March 0.—The Sen-
ate passed Forney's resolution ; • iiu-
thorize the committee appointed to in-
vestigate bribery charges by members
of the Legislature to sabfMiet a wit-
nesses and to take testimony. and to
make any failure to comply with its
demands'contempt of court The res-
olution as introduced, adopted and
messaged to the House within tivc
minutes.
The Fset and Salarlrs •a"*".*"'-
TorrKA. Kan. March t - The Sen
,t :? to to adopted the report of
Ihe conference committee on Ihe gen
eral fees and salaries bill His Sen-
ate receded from a number .if imm*-.
terial amendments. The llotise "ill
agree to the report Ihls afternoon and
the bill thru will go to the governor.
Far Vel.raas' Widow, aad orphan.
Toi'lll, Kan.. March t> The House
passed SI to I —Helm s Ss,.|inle bill to
convert Ihe hulidlnga at the Kllsw rth
stale II. A. II reunion ground, into a
hospital and home for w idows and or-
phan* of old soldiers.
Th. Teal Maafc Mill Thrnagh
Toi'RKA. Kaii.. March W. —Th.; House
passed 'Hi lo '<7—the S..nste bill lo
create a stale test '«*d« commission,
•nil to provide for alala unifurmiti.
Th* RMpiM.rtleem.al Ml MMI The*s«h.
ToersA. Kan . March w.-The lloiiaa
passed. To to'.'*, the hill to reappor-
tlon the slate Into eight e n resslonal
districts.
tm.m ItaM OMeerssI Hat aad Kara**.
Nonrosvlt.il. Kan . Marrti li nnl-
itrtlnv night the sm.di hous. at W C.
Kevins was br.*en lain nmlaiinanUty
of pork taken Me traced lite lhl v*s
to the home of th* MiNitfonmry 'am
,l4 When tl.e . mc*rs came I. earch
th* hous* th*v were c.ivere.1 with
guns bv Fred MontgiMW'Ti M,mt
go me iv and M.wl.m llrsmn, a.il . foce
the olWivrs eimld reach tk*lr arms Ihe
i litleres had escapeil on horsas The
stolen insets were fuuttit la the h.iu*e
«, tnd a. th* NaaaMie.
Mm ana. lit. March a. Mr, Amelia
kaiser who na* horn «*i the day that
Washington wns ftrsl elected rre.b
(lent isilehrslcd her l.mlk hlHhilav >hi
Ihe dav that William MaKlnlev w,*
Inaugurated as Ihe iwenlv llflh t'res
Idenl she live* In .leHerson town
ship nhere her hmae ha* W*n f< r
i more than ally y*ars
sirs. h. w* bkfchkr.
Henry Ward Beechcr died at 10:12 thi
morning. She was SI vcars of age.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
•leslens) laii.es Two Deaths In kis.lt
Illy.
Kansas City. Mo.. March 9.—Jeal-
ousy drove Gns Norling. assistant
fiercotvper on the Kansas i ity Times,
to shixit his wife. Stella, snd himself
st in-.l*i this morning. Both are at
Ihe city hospital, but neither ran re
cover
The shooting occurred in Hallie ti
len's disorderly hou«e at «97 May
street Sorling shot his wife. and.
when she fell to the Hoor. sppsrantly
dead, he placed the pistol to his own
head and sent a bullet into his brain.
CHICAGO PLASTERERS OUT
Two Thnn.snd Men «rlke for Res.ors.lns
of Wsaes- Xw TrosHI. feoH.
I IIII Alio, March t' About '-'.nno
plasterers and hod carriers struck this
Inorning. following the euursa of ac-
tion decided upon "Saturday night, and
work on practically evet^* bni'dln*
under conslructloii in the city was
brought to s standstill. No trouble is
ant Impaled and no general alrik* la
expected to follow, ,
A JOKE ENDS IN A DEATH.
Of ike W.sld Me rl«fe**s.r. ef •
Mmaanaa RIHsd tf Mink
Pt ATTani nM. Mm. Mare^,- Mufh
Hall, living seven miles south of here,
and others tried til' frlgtten C. C.
Howie, on hl« wa* a.««M'anturday
nlghl. when llowles sbaHIMlSlall daa4.
Howie, claims *<S**na« Hc gava
•• aMHaVwaltlng prellmlaary
Ml. .a
isamiiialiou.
k Ms. i oe mm a am ft* a*irten.
Itrsvan c.dn March a ^llen Allan.
Ike owner of thniSMMMM haraeas
hrokc ostrich. "W. W. K. "dntanils ta
hring snit for aiti.tiun sgninst person*
who fed lite tilr.1 with clgsrelle hill-
Ions resulting In Its "I'ltk Allan
rial i* thai inat amount^alon* will
isiv, r his to.* 'Mi «*iatra#la*tlh racing
assis'iallon* wherts JlMH# wa;
have tew i an sltraetlgm, .THIa wm*
the iMilv ostrteh i^llie ts^ry trained
to hsi nes*
tesa* IwltlemM,
is s tsfosio.'I *\, n - It la
eslitnsled lhal . t««i sl.wkmln and cat-
tlemen are here lo aiteB^he Taaaa
Live si.s h asws-talh.n's annual ena
venllon and Hes* vlsllnrs represent
elo.nl I lam.iaai ealll* *ala*d al n*
HOIKM""
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